Korean J Community Nutr.  2007 Dec;12(6):742-751.

The Utilization of Environment-Friendly Agricultural Products of College Students in the Seoul and Incheon Areas

Affiliations
  • 1Majors in Home-Economics Education, Graduate School of Education, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.
  • 2Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Inha University, Incheon, Korea. kjchang@inha.ac.kr

Abstract

The purpose of study was to investigate the utilization of environment-friendly agricultural products of the college students attending nutrition education. The subjects were 387 college students (male 53.2%, female 46.8%) at universities in the Seoul and Incheon areas. A cross-sectional study was conducted by a self-administered questionnaire. The percentage of subjects who purchased environment-friendly agricultural products was 37.2%. The most purchased environment-friendly agricultural products were vegetables. The main reason for preferring the environment-friendly agricultural products was good for health (53.7%). Also, the main motive of purchasing the environment-friendly agricultural products was for health (87.5%). For the quality of the environment-friendly agricultural products, they answered 'safety' (4.19), 'freshness' (4.03) and 'nutrition' (3.90), respectively. For college students' right choices of environment-friendly agricultural products, information and consumer education on these products are necessary.

Keyword

environment-friendly agricultural products; tilization; ollege student

MeSH Terms

Cross-Sectional Studies
Education
Female
Humans
Incheon*
Seoul*
Vegetables
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